My name is Jonathan Elmer and a few years ago I formed a social company called Democratise as a vehicle to deliver this project. The website is complex and has
I went to the Compass 'What the hell do we do now?' conference on Thursday, aka 'Do you have a theory of change, please?' A lot
This Commission’s report is perhaps the first document to identify the lack of effective engagement by UK civil society as a contributor to the financial excesses proceeding the crash
The UK's leading left-wing weekly runs a major essay calling for a realignment from below
Typically missing from most of the plans put forward in the UK media debate is any really innovative thought about how to raise new resources to support high-quality journalism in new times
From the English Secondary Students’ Association to social entrepreneurship ‘enternships’ young people can take the initiative and make the difference. Making Good Society throws down its third gauntlet – they want to see everyone plugged in
The Lib Dem leaders are starting to make sense in the face of the coming UK election
On previous occasions of decline, social democracy has bounced back in Europe, but this time the record includes ideological and cultural meltdown. What would it take to survive the current crisis?
In the second 'Making Good Society' article, Tony Kendle argues that we have to relearn community action and how a society works together if we are to protect vulnerable people, not just from climate change but also from the solutions that society arrives at
Can Scotland chart a path apart from neo-liberal Britain? And are parts of the left still stuck in their comfort zones? Gerry Hassan’s observations from a Glasgow book festival panel on the future of the left
The Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society launches its report calling for a radical devolution of power and active voice from parliament to the family. In the first of a series of Inquiry articles, Geoff Mulgan claims that three crises have precipitated a major civil society challenge
The UEA emails affair, together with the religiosity of some people’s approach on either side of the argument, has quite a lot to tell us about the way forward
